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Post by JasonWQMA on Jun 4, 2009 17:46:10 GMT -5
From my email...
"Premiere Radio Networks wants to advise you that as of the weekend of July 4/5, 2009, Casey and Premiere will cease producing AMERICAN TOP 10 and AMERICAN TOP 20."
Anybody know the story behind this?
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Post by mrjukebox on Jun 5, 2009 11:56:04 GMT -5
Here's two possibilities:a).Premiere came to the realization that "AT10" was getting expensive to produce & given the current state of the economy,that's perfectly understandable or b).Casey has finally decided to retire-If that's the case,it's truly the end of an era.
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Jun 5, 2009 17:38:03 GMT -5
I'm going to keep my fingers crossed until I hear a comment from Casey himself or someone who is in touch with him on a frequent basis. Perhaps this was a cost cutting measure by Premiere and I wouldn't exclude the possibility of him counting down the hits somewhere else. Although Casey is getting older, I haven't heard anything about him planning to retire nor anything about his health worsening.
I did read somewhere that Casey signed a contract with Premiere for ten years in late 2003, according to which he turned AT40 over to Ryan Seacrest to host-that would apparently tie him to Premiere until 2013.
I'm not denying the possibility that Casey is retiring but I'm going to wait for further information before I conclude that this is the case.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 5, 2009 18:07:01 GMT -5
I did read somewhere that Casey signed a contract with Premiere for ten years in late 2003, according to which he turned AT40 over to Ryan Seacrest to host-that would apparently tie him to Premiere until 2013. Well, with Premiere producing the classic AT40: The 70s and 80s shows, that may fulfill Casey's contract (assuming those shows continue through 2013). 39 (nearly continuous) years of counting down the hits ain't a bad run by any means.  |
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Post by mrjukebox on Jun 6, 2009 8:59:03 GMT -5
Even though "AT10" is signing off next month,you can still find the Mediabase listings each Tuesday in the Life section of USA Today.
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Post by MEF on Jun 7, 2009 20:07:58 GMT -5
BrettVW mentioned that WMVX dropped AT20. I thought WNIC almost did the same thing. I turned on WNIC at 7 am, but they just played their regular flashback music. It turns out WNIC moved AT10s timeslot again. WNIC is going to finish the AT10 at a decent time slot, Sundays from 8 am to 11 am. Their website confirms it.
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